What is it?

Friday

People know their GTOs, and Kerry Florence, of Martinez, was the first of many to identify last week's What Is It? photo as the front of a 1964 Pontiac GTO.

For being the first, Mr. Florence wins a coffee mug from The Augusta Chronicle.

The photo also could have been the 1964 Pontiac Tempest (or Tempest Lemans); without showing the GTO's hood scoops, as one reader pointed out, it was impossible to tell. The hint was that this was a famous first. That first GTO is widely considered to be the first muscle car.

Our readers had a lot to say about their experiences with Pontiacs. Ted Sharpe, 62, of Evans, said the 1965 GTO he bought new was the most fun he ever drove - until he got his 2006 Chevrolet Corvette. The GTO had three two-barrel carbs and a four on the floor - heady stuff for a young man back then.

Franklin Lane, 24, of Hephzibah, knew the GTO because he and his father are big into tuning and testing Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams.

Ed Somers, of Aiken, wrote in an e-mail: "This wasn't at all hard for a person who was 16 when they came out."

Readers had a lot of other guesses, too, some of them very close, including the 1963 Pontiac Tempest. In fact, all the guesses were for General Motors products: Chevrolet Impala, Buick Skylark and Electra, Oldsmobile F-85 and 442, and a whole bunch of Chevrolet Chevelle Malibus from 1966-68.

Now, let's return to modern times. The photo is a close-up of a 2008 model automobile. Hint: It might not be the one you first think. Please identify the make and model and send an e-mail to glynn.moore@augustachronicle.com, or call (706) 823-3419 and leave a message.

Please tell us how to spell your name and include your city and telephone number. The deadline is noon Wednesday.

The names of correct guessers will be published Friday, and the first to correctly identify What Is It? will receive a little gift from The Chronicle as a way of saying thanks for reading.

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